Ironing-machine.



A. R. GUSTAFSON.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 'FILED JULY y3. 1915.

A. R. GUSTAFSON.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, I9I5.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

A. R. GUSAFSON.

moNlNG MACHINE. APPLICATION HLED JULY 3,1915. Ls Patented Feb, 8, 19l6.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

.AXL It. GUSTAFSON, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IRONING-MACHINE.

Sp :cication of Letters Yatent.

Patented Feb. s, raie.

Application filed `truly 3, 1915. Serial No. 37,925.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, AXEL R. GUsTAFsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing machines and it is designed to provide a machine which is simple in con-v structlon and eflicient 1n operatlon` and which is very easily manipulated during the ironing operation.

A further object is to provide a shoe or concave iron which moves in a strictly horizontal plane, thereby insuring a close and uniform engagement of its concave periphery with4 the padded roll.

' I have devised and constructed improved mechanism whereby the shoe or concave iron may-be retained in engagement with the roller during the ironing operation and automatically retained in normal or inoperative relation with said roller at other times, nevertheless, manually operable means are provided whereby the shoe and roller may be retained in operative relation continuously when desired, as when a number of small pieces of work are being passed through the machine.

lith the foregoing and other .objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be here-l inafter full y described in the following specication, pointed out in the appendedl claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of said specification and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved ironing machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a reverse end elevation with some of the parts of the machine shown in altered position. Fig. 4 is a top plan view with aportion of the table `broken away to afford a better illustration of the machine. Fig. 5 is a detail plan partly in section and is taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail bottom plan view partly 4in section and is taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary rear elevation. Fig. 8 is a cross section'taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. V9 is a section taken on line 9 9 of Fig. 4. Fig. 10 is a section taken on line 10 10 of Fig. 4. Fig. 1.1 is a section taken on line 11 11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a sectional detail showing the manner of supporting the receivmg board. Fig. 13 is a side view,

4partly in section. of Fig. 12 and is taken on line 13 13 of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a view of the shoe or concave iron employed.

Like reference characters indicate correspending parts throughout the several vlews.

In the preferred embodiment of my machine as illustrated in the accompanying drawings I provide a frame formed of parallel sides 1, 1, carrying a feed table la, connected by bolts 2 to the standards 3 which are connected by the lower transverse rods 4, 5 incased in sleeves 6, 7; and by upper transverse rods 8 incased in sleeves 9 and upon the last named sleeves a receiving table l0 is supported and retained in operative relation through the medium of connecting brackets -11 provided with thumb screws 12 which engage said sleeves 9. Upon the sleeve 6 and between collars 13 a foot lever or treadle 14 is pivoted which is connected by pitman 15, 15 with angular levers 16, 17 fulcrume'd on bolts 18 carried by the frame and partly supported by springs 16a carried by lugs 16" secured to the frame, one end of said levers being notched or toothed as at 19 and the opposite or upper end being apertured longitudinally as at 20 to receive pintles 21, 21 and 22, 22 of arms 23, 24 respectively whereby the shoe or concave iron 25 is supported.

The customary gas heater 26 is located in `the lower portion of the hollow concave iron 25 andthe heater or burner is controlled by the valve 27 as usual'whihregulates the passage of gas through the pipe 28. One end of the arm 24 is projected outwardly and downwardly and its free termi* nation is beveled inwardly as at 29 and bifurcated as at 30 to compass the shaft 3l of-the padded roll 32, said shaft being journaled in bearings 33 secured to the top of the frame 1 and one end of said shaft being projected beyond said frame and having a spring pressed clutch 34rv shdably keyed thereon which clutch is capable of engagement with the gear 35 that runs loose on said shaft and that is in mesh With a worm 36 fast on a shaft 37-journaled in bearings 38secured to the gear casing 38a and said shaft 37 is beVel-gear-connected as at '39. to a grooved wheel 42 of a stub transmlsslon shaft 40 fast to a lug 41 carried by the frame, said wheel 42 is connected by a belt 23 with the pulley 44 driven directly by the motor 45 which is arranged upon a base' plate 46 yieldingly supported upon the bolts 47 provided with springs 48 which abut said base plate and a supporting bracket 49 carried by the standards 3; the bolts below the bracket 49 being provided with the adjusting nuts 50 whereby the base plate 46- may be adjusted with relation to the bracket 48 to take up the slack in the belt 43. Re-

means of set screws 55, said frame exten.

sions above the rods 53 being connected by a rod 56 and sleeves 57.

To the relatively inner sides'of the frame curved arms 58 are secured by pivots 59, the free ends of said arms being capable of engagement with the notched or toothed portions of the levers, 16, 17 to releasably retain the same in adjusted position; said arms, further, being provided with lugs 59,

which' arev engaged by return springs 60 carried by lugs 61 projecting from the frame 1 whereby said arms are normally retained in inoperative relation.

Referring again to the shoe or concave iron 25, the same is of two-piece hollow formation. The face 25 is separated from `the back by the Ventilating slots 2 5b and is formed with an inwardly projecting stem 25c which is threaded interiorly for engagement with a screw 25d which extends through an aperture in the the shoe and is provided with an adjustjing nut 25 whereby the face and back. may

be adjusted to take up shrinkage, allow for warping or expansion or the like. The face at each end isprovided with e'nd walls 25f which are notched to receive lugs 25g` of the back whereby independent longitudinal and transverse movement is obviated.

The operation of this machine is asfollows: The operator stands in front of the machine or in such Vposition as to be able to depress the treadle 14 with one foot, thereby depressing the pitman 15, 15 and the notched or toothed ends of the levers, 16, 17 and bring the U-shaped ends of said levers forward thus moving the pintles 21, 21 and 22, 22 and the arms 23, 24 in a horizontal plane longitudinally of the rods 53 against the tension of the springs 53a, thus moving the shoe or concave iron 25 in a horizontal plane toward and against the padded roll 32 or against the work which is placed upon that roll immediately previous to contact thereback of' with by said shoe. As the arm 24 moves forward the beveled and bifurcated lend thereof engages with the clutch 34 and rides the same into engagement with the gear 35 turn the arms, 23, 24 and shoe 25 to normal or inoperative position and the spring of clutch 34 will disengage thesame from the gear 35 thus stopping rotation of the shaft 31.

While ironing a number of small pieces as napkins, handkerchiefs and the like .it may be desired to retain lthe shoe in continuous engagement with the padded roll and to keep that roll in motion. This is accomplished by depressing the treadle in the manner previously described and then manually depressing the armsA 58 into engagementwith the notched or toothed portions of the levers 16, 17. The mechanism is stopped of course,'by manually disengaging the arms 58 and levers 16, 17.

Having thus described my invention, it will be obvious to others skilled in the art to which it appertains, that Inumerous modiications and refinements thereof are possible and the same I endeavor to embody in the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. In a motor driven ironing machine comprising a frame and a shafted padded roll and a clutch on the shaft of said roll` whereby the same may be operatively connected to said motor, horizontally disposed bearings arranged upon the roll shaft at each -end of said roll, rods .connecting said bearings vand the said frame, angular arms slidable over said rods, one of the said arms being extended for operative engagement with said clutch; springs interposed between saidarms and bearings upon said rods, a shoe carried by said angular arms, pivotally supported levers operatively engaging said angular arms and a foot lever connected to said levers whereby the same may be actuated to move said shoeinto engagement with said padded roll.'

2. In-a motor driven ironing machine comprising a frame and a shafted padded roll and a clutch on the shaft of said roll whereby the same may be operatively connected to said motor, horizontally disposed bearings arconnected to said levers whereby the same may be depressed to move said shoe into engagement with said padded roll,rpivotally supported armsrcarried by said frame for engagement with the toothed portions of said levers whereby they may 'be releasably retained in depressed relation and return springs for said last named arms.'

3. In an ironing machine, a normally stationary power driven padded'roll, aA horizontally movable shoe capable of engagement with said padded roll, means yieldingly connecting said members whereby they are spaced away from each other, angular 15 arms supporting said shoe, one of said 'arms to actuate said shoe and to coperate withf" said roll shaft to connect the same with the source of power.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AXEL R. GUSTAFSON. Witnesses:

E.' RYDsTRoM, Y EMIL E. HALLENBERG. 

